Wabash and Erie Canal, the Glossary

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1. 59 relations: American Historical Association, Attica, Indiana, Auglaize River, Canal, Cincinnati, Covington, Indiana, Defiance, Ohio, Delphi, Indiana, Evansville, Indiana, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fountain County, Indiana, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Huntington, Indiana, Indiana, Indiana Central Canal, Indiana Department of Transportation, Indiana General Assembly, Indiana Mammoth Internal Improvement Act, Indiana State Museum, Indiana University Press, Internal improvements, Interstate 469, Interstate 64 in Indiana, Junction, Ohio, Lafayette, Indiana, Lake Erie, Logansport, Indiana, Maumee River, Miami and Erie Canal, Montezuma, Indiana, Mosquito, Muskrat, Napoleon, Ohio, New Haven, Indiana, Nickel Plate Road, Ohio, Ohio River, Panic of 1837, Patoka River, Paulding County, Ohio, Peru, Indiana, Pigeon Creek (Indiana), Reservoir war, Richvalley, Indiana, Riley, Indiana, Roanoke, Indiana, Terre Haute, Indiana, Toledo, Ohio, Towpath, ... Expand index (9 more) »

2. 1853 establishments in Indiana
3. Canals in Indiana
4. Canals opened in 1853
5. Historic American Engineering Record in Indiana
6. Indiana Register of Historic Sites and Structures

American Historical Association

The American Historical Association (AHA) is the oldest professional association of historians in the United States and the largest such organization in the world.

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Attica, Indiana

Attica is a city in Logan Township, Fountain County, Indiana, United States.

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Auglaize River

The Auglaize River (Shawnee: Kathinakithiipi) is a tributary of the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio in the United States.

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Canal

Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi).

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Cincinnati

Cincinnati (nicknamed Cincy) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States.

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Covington, Indiana

Covington is a city in, and the county seat of, Fountain County, Indiana, United States.

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Defiance, Ohio

Defiance is a city in and the county seat of Defiance County, Ohio, United States, about southwest of Toledo and northeast of Fort Wayne, Indiana, in Ohio's northwestern corner.

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Delphi, Indiana

Delphi is a city in and the county seat of Carroll County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Evansville, Indiana

Evansville is a city in and the county seat of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States.

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Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States.

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Fountain County, Indiana

Fountain County lies in the western part of the U.S. state of Indiana on the east side of the Wabash River.

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Great Lakes

The Great Lakes (Grands Lacs), also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the east-central interior of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River.

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Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent.

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Huntington, Indiana

Huntington, known as the "Lime City", is the largest city in and the county seat of Huntington County, Indiana, United States.

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Indiana

Indiana is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Indiana Central Canal

The Indiana Central Canal was a canal intended to connect the Wabash and Erie Canal to the Ohio River. Wabash and Erie Canal and Indiana Central Canal are canals in Indiana and historic American Engineering Record in Indiana.

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Indiana Department of Transportation

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of Indiana charged with maintaining and regulating transportation and transportation related infrastructure such as state owned airports, state highways and state owned canals or railroads.

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Indiana General Assembly

The Indiana General Assembly is the state legislature, or legislative branch, of the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Indiana Mammoth Internal Improvement Act

The Indiana Mammoth Internal Improvement Act was a law passed by the Indiana General Assembly and signed by Whig Governor Noah Noble in 1836 that greatly expanded the state's program of internal improvements. Wabash and Erie Canal and Indiana Mammoth Internal Improvement Act are canals in Indiana.

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Indiana State Museum

The Indiana State Museum is a museum located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.

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Indiana University Press

Indiana University Press, also known as IU Press, is an academic publisher founded in 1950 at Indiana University that specializes in the humanities and social sciences.

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Internal improvements

Internal improvements is the term used historically in the United States for public works from the end of the American Revolution through much of the 19th century, mainly for the creation of a transportation infrastructure: roads, turnpikes, canals, harbors and navigation improvements.

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Interstate 469

Interstate 469 (I-469) is an Interstate Highway in northeastern Indiana.

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Interstate 64 in Indiana

Interstate 64 (I-64) in the US state of Indiana is a major east–west highway providing access between Illinois and Kentucky.

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Junction, Ohio

Junction is an unincorporated community in western Auglaize Township, Paulding County, Ohio, United States.

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Lafayette, Indiana

Lafayette is a city in and is the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, located northwest of Indianapolis and southeast of Chicago.

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Lake Erie

Lake Erie (Lac Érié) is the fourth-largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally.

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Logansport, Indiana

Logansport is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, Indiana, United States.

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Maumee River

The Maumee River (pronounced) (Hotaawathiipi; Taawaawa siipiiwi) is a river running in the United States Midwest from northeastern Indiana into northwestern Ohio and Lake Erie.

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Miami and Erie Canal

The Miami and Erie Canal was a canal that ran from Cincinnati to Toledo, Ohio, creating a water route between the Ohio River and Lake Erie.

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Montezuma, Indiana

Montezuma is a town in Reserve Township, Parke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Mosquito

Mosquitoes, the Culicidae, are a family of small flies consisting of 3,600 species.

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Muskrat

The muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia and South America.

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Napoleon, Ohio

Napoleon is a city in and the county seat of Henry County, Ohio, United States, along the Maumee River southwest of Toledo.

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New Haven, Indiana

New Haven is a city in Adams, Jefferson, and St. Joseph townships, Allen County, Indiana, United States.

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Nickel Plate Road

The New York, Chicago and St.

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Ohio

Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Ohio River

The Ohio River is a river in the United States.

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Panic of 1837

The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that began a major depression (not to be confused with the Great Depression), which lasted until the mid-1840s.

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Patoka River

The Patoka River is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Paulding County, Ohio

Paulding County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio.

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Peru, Indiana

Peru is a city in, and the county seat of, Miami County, Indiana, United States.

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Pigeon Creek (Indiana)

Pigeon Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Indiana.

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Reservoir war

The Reservoir War was a minor insurrection in Paulding County, Ohio, United States in 1887.

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Richvalley, Indiana

Richvalley is an unincorporated community in Noble Township, Wabash County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Riley, Indiana

Riley, once known as Lockport, is a town in Riley Township, Vigo County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Roanoke, Indiana

Roanoke is a town in Jackson Township, Huntington County, Indiana, United States.

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Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, about east of the state's western border with Illinois.

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Toledo, Ohio

Toledo is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States.

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Towpath

A towpath is a road or trail on the bank of a river, canal, or other inland waterway.

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U.S. Route 24

U.S. Route 24 or U.S. Highway 24 (US 24) is one of the original United States Numbered Highways of 1926 which runs east and west for most of its routing.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.

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Vermilyea Inn Historic District

Vermilyea Inn Historic District is a national historic district located near Fort Wayne in Aboite Township, Allen County, Indiana.

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Vigo County Courthouse

The Vigo County Courthouse is a courthouse in Terre Haute, Indiana.

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Wabash Railroad

The Wabash Railroad was a Class I railroad that operated in the mid-central United States.

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Wabash River

The Wabash River (French: Ouabache) is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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White River (Indiana)

The White River is an American two-forked river that flows through central and southern Indiana and is the main tributary to the Wabash River.

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Whitewater Canal

The Whitewater Canal, which was built between and, spanned a distance of and stretched from Lawrenceburg, Indiana on the Ohio River to Hagerstown, Indiana near the West Fork of the White River. Wabash and Erie Canal and Whitewater Canal are canals in Indiana.

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Worthington, Indiana

Worthington is a town in Jefferson Township, Greene County, Indiana, United States.

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See also

1853 establishments in Indiana

• Advance-Rumely
• Bohlen, Meyer, Gibson and Associates
• Braysville, Indiana
• Buckley Homestead
• Clifford, Indiana
• Clinton Covered Bridge
• Dunkirk, Indiana
• Edwardsville, Indiana
• Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad
• Georgia, Indiana
• Hanover Township, Lake County, Indiana
• Indiana's 11th congressional district
• Indianapolis Public Schools
• Loogootee, Indiana
• Masonic Temple (Lagro, Indiana)
• New Albany High School (Indiana)
• Oak Hill Cemetery (Evansville, Indiana)
• Pierce Township, Washington County, Indiana
• Scottsville, Indiana
• St. Paul, Indiana
• Thornhope, Indiana
• Vallonia, Indiana
• Wabash and Erie Canal
• Waynesville, Indiana

Canals in Indiana

• Calumet River
• Chicago Area Waterway System
• Indiana Canal Company
• Indiana Central Canal
• Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal
• Indiana Mammoth Internal Improvement Act
• Wabash and Erie Canal
• Whitewater Canal

Canals opened in 1853

• Canal de l'Aqueduc
• Marne–Rhine Canal
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Historic American Engineering Record in Indiana

• Adams Mill Covered Bridge
• Anderson (Carriage)
• Bell Ford Bridge
• Big Four Bridge
• Brownsville Covered Bridge
• Buckeye Manufacturing Company
• Cannelton Cotton Mill
• Cataract Falls Covered Bridge
• Cerealine
• Ceylon Covered Bridge
• Cumberland Covered Bridge
• Duck Creek Aqueduct
• Feeder Dam Bridge
• Forsythe Covered Bridge
• GM Futurliner
• Hutsonville Bridge
• Indiana Army Ammunition Plant
• Indiana Central Canal
• Indianapolis City Market
• Jackson Covered Bridge
• Jefferson Proving Ground
• Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
• Lamb's Creek Bridge
• Laughery Creek Bridge
• Leatherwood Station Covered Bridge
• Lexington (automobile)
• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Indiana
• Mansfield Covered Bridge
• McFarlan Automobile
• Medora Covered Bridge
• Milton–Madison Bridge
• Montgomery County Jail and Sheriff's Residence
• Narrows Covered Bridge
• New Albany station
• Newport Chemical Depot
• Ohio and Mississippi Railway
• Reeves & Co.
• Richmond Gas Company Building
• Roots Blower Company
• Starr Piano Company Warehouse and Administration Building
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• West Baden Springs Hotel
• West Union Covered Bridge (Indiana)

Indiana Register of Historic Sites and Structures

• David Brown House
• Hovey Lake-Klein Archeological Site
• Indiana Register of Historic Sites and Structures
• Reuben Wells (locomotive)
• Squire Boone Caverns
• Wabash and Erie Canal

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabash_and_Erie_Canal

Also known as The Wabash and Erie Canal, Wabash & Erie Canal, Wabash & Erie Canal Interpretive Center, Wabash Erie Canal, Wabash-Erie Canal.

, U.S. Route 24, United States Congress, Vermilyea Inn Historic District, Vigo County Courthouse, Wabash Railroad, Wabash River, White River (Indiana), Whitewater Canal, Worthington, Indiana.